State Sen. Jeff Stone will hold two Holiday Open Houses at his district offices. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12, an Open House and Sock Drive will be held at his district office in Indio. From 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, he will have an Open House at his Murrieta…
Volunteers are needed in communities throughout Riverside County to help with the 2019 Point-in-Time Homeless Count and Survey. The Riverside County Department of Public Social Services conducts the survey each January. The 2019 survey is a one-day, street-based and shelter-based effort to identify how many people in the county are homeless on a given day….
Brandon McGlover, 32, of Temecula, had his second arraignment in Riverside County Superior Court where he was charged with 15 counts of arson, including igniting the Cranston Fire on July 25. His next scheduled court appearance is Feb. 1, 2019, for a trial readiness conference. The District Attorney’s office did file a request for discovery…
Two crashes involving multiple vehicles occurred on Hill roads over the last week. Both were on Highway 74. The first occurred at 3:20 a.m. Friday, Nov. 30, during dark and rainy conditions, according to Darren Meyer, California Highway Patrol public information officer. Efuan Simms, 43, of Moreno Valley, was driving a blue 2002 Hyundai Santa…
Sheriff’s log The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station responded to the following calls Sunday to Saturday, Nov. 25 to Dec. 1. Idyllwild • Nov. 26 — Unlawful entry, 2:51 p.m., Robin Dr. Handled by deputy. • Nov. 26 — Missing person, 4:11 p.m., North Circle Dr. Report taken. • Nov. 26 — 911 call,…
Hemet Unified School District is making great strides in providing a learning environment in which all students can succeed. Recently, the district received recognition from the Riverside County Office of Education and was awarded two Models of Excellence for its work in providing a Culture of Continuous Improvement and Integrated Systems Framework Development. Idyllwild’s trustee…
Idyllwild Fire went to 16 mutual aid fires in 2018 Local artist and sculptor Jan Jaspers-Fayer offered an artwork to the Idyllwild Fire Protection District and the Board of Commissioners accepted it. The piece, a memorial sculpture of 9/11, is his design and made of steel plates. It is the numbers “9 and 11” in…
The Cranston Fire burned more than 13,000 acres of the San Jacinto Ranger District in July and August. It will take years for nature to recover completely from this damage. But the U.S. Forest Service is assisting nature. Charles Wentz, the forester on the San Jacinto Ranger District, already has begun the reforestation effort with…
The art studio is a “sacred space where transformation happens” for David Reid-Marr, chair of Idyllwild Arts Academy’s Visual Arts Department. The commitment to spiritual growth that affects the academy’s students so deeply will be shared with the wider community in Ataloa Studio on campus Saturday, Dec. 8, when Reid-Marr leads a workshop called “Full…
Eric Bolton remembers being given the solo in “In Idyllwild” as part of four summers with the ISOMATA music program. He sang under the direction of Robert Evans Holmes for whom the Idyllwild Arts amphitheater is named. Now as a recent full-time resident of Idyllwild, he is singing under the direction of Dwight “Buzz” Holmes,…
